Editing Sean Combs (section)

=== Lawsuits ===
{{Main|Sean Combs sexual misconduct allegations}}
In May 2017, Cindy Rueda, who previously had served as Combs's personal chef, filed a lawsuit against Combs in the [[Los Angeles County Superior Court]], claiming, among other things, [[sexual harassment]] and retaliation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cullins |first=Ashley |date=May 8, 2017 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sued by Ex-Chef for Sexual Harassment and Retaliation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sean-diddy-combs-sued-by-chef-sexual-harassment-retaliation-1001540/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118005313/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sean-diddy-combs-sued-by-chef-sexual-harassment-retaliation-1001540/ |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref name=retaliation>{{cite web |url=https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/retaliation|title=Retaliation|publisher=[[United States Department of Labor]] |access-date=October 10, 2024}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount in February 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2009 |title=Diddy's Former Personal Chef Settles Work Claims Suit With Rapper |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/diddys-former-personal-chef-settles-work-claims-suit/3343/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118005312/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/diddys-former-personal-chef-settles-work-claims-suit/3343/ |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |website=NBC Los Angeles}}</ref>

[[Cassie Ventura]], with whom Combs had a long-term relationship, filed a lawsuit against him on November 16, 2023, accusing him of rape, sex trafficking, and physical abuse.<ref name="cassielawsuit">{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Sean Combs Is Accused by Cassie of Rape and Years of Abuse in Lawsuit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-cassie-rape-lawsuit.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116211433/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/arts/music/sean-combs-diddy-cassie-rape-lawsuit.html |archive-date=November 16, 2023 |access-date=November 16, 2023 |newspaper=The New York Times |type=Digital |no-pp=y}}</ref> The lawsuit also suggested that Combs was responsible for blowing up Ventura's then-boyfriend [[Kid Cudi]]'s car.<ref name="cassielawsuit" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=November 16, 2023 |title=Sean Combs Accused of Rape by Singer Cassie in New Lawsuit |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sean-combs-cassie-abuse-allegations-lawsuit-1234883581/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117003652/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sean-combs-cassie-abuse-allegations-lawsuit-1234883581/ |archive-date=November 17, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Combs and Ventura reached an undisclosed settlement the following day, and the lawsuit was dismissed.<ref name="Sisario">{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=November 17, 2023 |title=Cassie Settles Lawsuit Accusing Sean Combs of Rape and Abuse |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/arts/music/cassie-diddy-sean-combs-settlement.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118035406/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/arts/music/cassie-diddy-sean-combs-settlement.html |archive-date=November 18, 2023 |access-date=November 17, 2023 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Two further lawsuits were filed against Combs by two additional complainants, alleging sexual assault and [[revenge porn]], on November 23, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schafer |first=Ellise |date=November 23, 2023 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs Hit With Second Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sean-diddy-combs-sexual-assault-allegations-second-lawsuit-1235807878/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124133453/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sean-diddy-combs-sexual-assault-allegations-second-lawsuit-1235807878/ |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |access-date=November 24, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |date=November 24, 2023 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sexual assault and revenge porn in two new lawsuits |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/24/sean-diddy-combs-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-revenge-porn-in-two-new-lawsuits |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124103452/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/nov/24/sean-diddy-combs-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-revenge-porn-in-two-new-lawsuits |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |access-date=November 24, 2023 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> One of the lawsuits claimed that in 1990 or 1991, Combs and [[Aaron Hall (singer)|Aaron Hall]] had sexually abused a woman, with Combs recording the incident.<ref name="NBC Dec 2023">{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2023 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused in third lawsuit this month of sexually assaulting a woman |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-third-lawsuit-week-sexually-assaulting-woman-rcna126564 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213160034/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sean-diddy-combs-accused-third-lawsuit-week-sexually-assaulting-woman-rcna126564 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Naumann |first=Ryan |date=November 24, 2023 |title=Diddy Hit With ANOTHER Shocking Lawsuit, Accused of Raping Woman With Singer Aaron Hall |url=https://radaronline.com/p/diddy-hit-with-third-lawsuit-alleged-assault-woman-1990-singer-aaron-hall-lawsuit/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214173425/https://radaronline.com/p/diddy-hit-with-third-lawsuit-alleged-assault-woman-1990-singer-aaron-hall-lawsuit/ |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |website=[[Radar Online]]}}</ref>

On May 17, 2024, [[CNN]] released surveillance footage of Combs physically assaulting Ventura at the InterContinental hotel in [[Century City]], Los Angeles, on March 5, 2016. This incident was among the allegations made in the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gonzalez |first1=Sandra |last2=Wagmeister |first2=Elizabeth |date=May 17, 2024 |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/entertainment/sean-combs-cassie-ventura/index.html |access-date=May 17, 2024 |website=CNN}}</ref> On May 19, 2024, Combs issued a video apology on [[Instagram]] and [[Facebook]], stating he was "truly sorry" and that his actions were "inexcusable".<ref name="Dalton-2024">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/diddy-apology-cassie-video-4e6a81d3e9ab40fa229edef2fb8ad357|title=Diddy admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he's sorry, calls his actions 'inexcusable'|first=Andrew|last=Dalton|publisher=Associated Press|date=May 19, 2024|accessdate=May 19, 2024}}</ref> Combs's assault of Ventura was stopped by hotel staff, after which Combs allegedly tried to bribe the staff, according to a federal indictment in September 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hernández |first=Salvador  |date=September 19, 2024 |title=A wall of secrets may crumble as feds call out enablers of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' alleged sex crimes |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-19/sean-diddy-combs-sex-trafficking-allegations |access-date=September 19, 2024 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>

On October 1, 2024, the ''[[Washington Post]]'' reported that a team of lawyers will be filing as many as 120 more lawsuits, covering assaults that took place during the 2000s and 2010s. Plaintiffs, 25 of whom are minors, are both male and female. [[Tony Buzbee]], one of the attorneys on the team, said most of the alleged assaults took place in New York State. Half of the alleged victims say they reported the assault to police, to a doctor, or to the FBI. Some claim to have been drugged or offered [[hush money]]. Additional potential defendants other than Combs are also to be named in the lawsuits: "The names that we're going to name, assuming our investigators confirm and corroborate what we've been told, are names that will shock you", Buzbee commented at a press conference in Houston. "I'm talking here about not just the cowardly but complicit bystanders, that is those people that we know watched this behavior occur and did nothing. I'm talking about the people that participated, encouraged it, egged it on. They know who they are."<ref name="Washington Post, Oct 1, 2024">{{cite news |last1=Branigin |first1=Anne |last2=Scribner |first2=Herb |title=120 additional sexual assault lawsuits to be filed against Sean 'Diddy' Combs |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2024/10/01/diddy-sexual-assault-lawsuit-victims-tony-buzbee/ |access-date=October 2, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=October 1, 2024}}</ref> Buzbee filed the first six of these lawsuits in New York federal court on October 13, 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Granville |first1=Samantha |last2=Hayes |first2=Christal |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of sexual assault and rape in new lawsuits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2eklxx9y1ro |access-date=October 14, 2024 |work=BBC News |date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> Andrew Van Arsdale of the AVA Law Group, which is working with Buzbee, said they have heard abuse allegations against Combs from some three thousand people, and their team is currently actively examining another hundred potential cases.<ref name="BBC Oct 2024"/> Erica Wolff, a member of Combs's legal team, told the BBC that Combs "looks forward to proving his innocence and vindicating himself in court, where the truth will be established based on evidence, not speculation".<ref name="BBC Oct 2024">{{cite news |last1=Yousif |first1=Nadine |last2=Croxford |first2=Rianna |title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs: More than 100 people to sue rapper |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg56em38g2vo |access-date=October 2, 2024 |work=www.bbc.com |date=October 1, 2024}}</ref>

In 2025, [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] released the documentary movie ''Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy'' about Combs' life and current legal issues,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dolak |first1=Kevin |title='Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy' Documentary Reveals New Details From Al B. Sure! and Alleged Gang Rape Victim |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/diddy-the-making-of-a-bad-boy-documentary-al-b-sure-gang-rape-victim-1236108173/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 14, 2025}}</ref> and [[Investigation Discovery]] released a four-part [[docuseries]] ''Fall of Diddy''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title='Fall of Diddy' Directors on Getting People to Speak in Doc: "The Fear Has Been Incredibly Palpable" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fall-of-diddy-doc-directors-new-allegations-1236115589/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=January 27, 2025}}</ref> On February 12, 2025, Combs' representatives filed a defamation lawsuit against [[NBCUniversal]], Peacock, and Ample Entertainment alleging   ''Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy'' contains defamatory statements.<ref name=vardef>{{cite news |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=February 12, 2025|title=Sean 'Diddy' Combs Files $100 Million Defamation Suit Against NBCUniversal, Ample and Peacock Over 'Making of a Bad Boy' Doc|url=https://variety.com/2025/music/news/sean-diddy-combs-defamation-lawsuit-nbcuniversal-peacock-ample-documentary-1236305282/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref>